Canada, CEF. A 255th Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles" Cap Badge Newly Listed reverse inscribed “DEM VERDIENSTE 1914”

reverse inscribed “DEM VERDIENSTE 1914” (“FOR MERIT 1914”) within an oak wreath

incorporating four black plastic buttons on the right side

Durell and 147 ratings

49 mm (h) - weighing 12

stamped “1

Canada, CEF. A 255th Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles" Cap Badge Newly Listed reverse inscribed “DEM VERDIENSTE 1914”In pickled brass, unmarked, measuring 42. 5 mm (w) x 50. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Central Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Toronto under the authority of G. O. 48, May 1, 1917. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the S. S. Olympic, on June 2, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel G. C. Royce with a strength of 13 officers and 284 other